RW> Where there's a need or will, there's a way to get it done. I removed the
RW> 4 spd manual from my 64 El Camino and was in the process of putting a
RW> TH350 in its place, but couldn't get it to go while it was on a floor
RW> jack
RW> and me trying to wiggle it in place. My neighbor from down the alley
RW> happened by and heard the cussing and screaming and asked if I needed
RW> help. After explaining what I was doing, he crawled under that EC and
RW> took
RW> the 350 off the jack and lifted it in place by himself. He was much
RW> bigger
RW> and stronger than I was, but such a good friend.

My Mom always says, "Where there is a will, there is a way". 

All the cussing and screaming must be edited out of the TV shows with the
rebuilds, because I have yet to tackle a repair and keep it in the "G-Rating".
:)


Not a repair, but before Hurricane Sandy I ran to Home Depot and managed to
get a 5500 watt generator.  The truck battery was dead at the time (before I
replaced the battery), so I had to take my Monte Carlo.  

Getting that beast into the trunk was no easy feat.  I took it out of the box
and was trying to lift it into the trunk, but soon realized it needed to be
done by more than just me.  Thankfully, a nice passer-by helped me get it
loaded up and I drove it home with the trunk open - but at least it was in
there.  It was too heavy to fall out.

RW> 8^) I was tackling wheel bearings in my bicycle when I was 12...Bendix
RW> brakes were giving me a problem on reassembly and I was getting very
RW> frustrated. About that time my dad came home from work and when I asked
RW> him what to do, he asked who had taken it apart. When I told him it was
RW> my
RW> doing, he said that I should know how it went back together again. I
RW> never
RW> forgot that and surprised him in his own garage by knowing what to do
RW> without reading the manual. Which was another of his suggestions when
RW> things weren't going right.

I took my childhood BMX bike apart many times (Mongoose).  I re-greased the
bearings and added alloy parts, etc.  Seems it has always been in my blood.

RW> When I met my wife to be, she was impressed that when I came over to her
RW> apartment, I fixed things that the landlord couldn't fix...I taught her
RW> to
RW> solder her own stereo wires to connectors, etc...I guess that won her
RW> over
RW> because she's still amazed at some of the things I do.

My wife likes the fact that I fix things and figure stuff out.  We are both
engineers - but in different areas.  She is in the architecture and design
field and I am in the technology field.  Have been all my professional life.
We share the creative and building gene - but in different areas.

- Mark

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